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Canadian Pacific Landscape Posters

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia …

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / II / C / 6 : Promotional Items, Awards and Correspondence

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 to 37 O.S.

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant , Canadian Pacific

Date Range: [ca. 1940 - ca. 1960]

Physical Description: Posters: paper; colour

Scope & Content: File consists of 24 large printed posters, colour. Content pertains to promotional tourism imagery produced by Nicholas Morant, depicting various Canadian landscapes and sights. Most of posters depict regions in or close to the Rocky Mountains, with additional images featuring areas in Nova Scotia and Quebec and some which do not mention locations in their titles.

Notes: Items originally stored together in large poster tube, labelled : "Montreal Quebec - 8 I '63 Canada Postage 15 [cents]" "Mr. Nick Morant, P.O. Box 1288, Banff, Alberta. Department of Publc Relations Canadian Pacific Railway Company Windsor Station - Montreal 3, Quebec" "OLD CP VIEWS - Kodaks - " "CP Airline Plane / Chateau Frontenac / Sulphur Mt. Skyline View / Evangeline Church / Kick. Horse - Mt. Field / Kick Horse Canyon with Train / Empress Hotel / BS Hotel from Sulphur Mt. / Quebec Windmills / Yoho Valley Hi-Line Trail / Peggy's Cove / Thompson River View / Moraine Lake Scenic / Icefields / Yoho Valley / Lake Louise / Lake O'Hara / 'Canadian' Stoney Cr. / Freight nr. Lake Louise / Empress of Britain (painting)"

Storage Range: In oversize storage as V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 14 O.S. to V500 / II / C / 6 / PA - 37 O.S.

Subject Access: tourism; Advertising; Canadian Pacific; Travel; Landscapes; Trains; Mountains; Scenery; Empress Hotel; Hotels

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Yoho National Park; Quebec; Nova Scotia; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: English

Creator: Nicholas Morant

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Endowment Fund 89-95

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Materials have been placed into 4 files. Files contain correspondence on an Arctic Light 1990 Expedition, the Expedition's application for funding from the Endowment Fund Committee of the Alpine Club of Canada, correspondence Re: Proposed Park at the Smoke Bluffs in Squamish, and correspondence co…

Date Range: 1987-1996; 1998-1999

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 55 to 58

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / II: Financial Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / II / C: Scholarships and Grants

Accession Number: accn. 2023.51

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 55 to 58

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1987-1996; 1998-1999

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records 4 files

Scope & Content: Materials have been placed into 4 files. Files contain correspondence on an Arctic Light 1990 Expedition, the Expedition's application for funding from the Endowment Fund Committee of the Alpine Club of Canada, correspondence Re: Proposed Park at the Smoke Bluffs in Squamish, and correspondence congratulating successful recipients of the Endowment Fund. M200 / II / C / 55 Endowment Fund 89-95 [Part 1 of 4] contains correspondence and applications received from the Endowment Fund, also includes notes made on applications. Records are from 1987, 1989 and 1990, M200 / II / C / 56 Endowment Fund 89-95 [Part 2 of 4] contains a grant application for a Mount Everest Expedition in 1991, correspondence, Endowment Fund Applications, project descriptions. Records are from 1987-1988 and 1990-1992, M200 / II / C / 57 Endowment Fund 89-95 [Part 3 of 4] contains Endowment Fund applications and correspondence from 1992-1995, M200 / II / C / 58 Endowment Fund 89-95 [Part 4 of 4] contains correspondence and grant applications from 1994-1996 and 1998-1999.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Club; Correspondence; Finances; Grants; Government; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Organizations; Record keeping; Records; Report; Sports; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Ontario; Manitoba; Canmore, Alberta; Jasper, AB; Bow Valley; Calgary, Alberta; Toronto

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English

Title Source: Original title

Processing Status: Processed

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Federal and Prov. Bodies

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File contains letters and other correspondence relating to the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition (YACE); including letters regarding the grants given by the Canadian Government and the various Provincial Governments in financial support of YACE.

Date Range: 1966-1968

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / II: Financial Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / II / C: Scholarships and Grants

Accession Number: accn. 6375

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 1

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1966-1968

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File contains letters and other correspondence relating to the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition (YACE); including letters regarding the grants given by the Canadian Government and the various Provincial Governments in financial support of YACE.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Fisher, Dave

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Climbing; Club; Correspondence; Environment; Environment and Nature; Expedition; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Organizations; Record keeping; Records; Finances; Sports and recreation; Sports and leisure; Summit; Government

Geographic Access: Canada; Ontario; Yukon; Ottawa; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Alberta; Scarborough, ON

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English

Title Source: Original title

Processing Status: Processed

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[Finance Committee: Reports, Statements]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: File contains correspondence and updates to the Board of Management Re: Federal Government Grant for 1983 Leadership Training Week, a 1983 proposal for a Winnipeg Section Operational Account, and a 1983 report Re: Federal Government Grants - Fitness Canada. File also includes reports from Fitness C…

Date Range: 1980; 1982-1984

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 7

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / II: Financial Records

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / II / C: Scholarships and Grants

Accession Number: accn. 6376

Reference Code: M200 / II / C / 7

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1980; 1982-1984

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File contains correspondence and updates to the Board of Management Re: Federal Government Grant for 1983 Leadership Training Week, a 1983 proposal for a Winnipeg Section Operational Account, and a 1983 report Re: Federal Government Grants - Fitness Canada. File also includes reports from Fitness Canada confirming the Alpine Club of Canada's grant approval for 1983 and 1984, a brief/report Re: Forrest Wolodarsky Scholarship 1980, and a proposal Re: ACC Climbing Fellowships from February 1984.

Notes: Grant financials have been separated from their corresponding Financial Statements and Reports. See file M200 / II / A / 71 [Finance Committee: Reports, Statements] accn. 6376 for these records.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Administration; Alpine Club of Canada; Club; Environment; Environment and Nature; Finances; Grants; Government; Mountain; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Organizations; Record keeping; Records; Report; Sports and leisure; Sports and recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Manitoba; Ontario; Alberta; Winnipeg; Ottawa; Banff; Banff, AB

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English

Related Material: M200 / II / A / 71

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Letters to Mother [January - July 1958]

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mo…

Date Range: 1958

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 142

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Postcard; Private record

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Part Of: Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M36 / V683 / S37

Series: I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs

Sous-Fonds: M36

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 142

GMD: Postcard; Private record

Date Range: 1958

Physical Description: 2.7 cm of textual records (135 pages ; 22.3 x 27.4 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 92 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from January 1 to July 14, 1958. Topics include day to day life, Banff events, visits from friends, painting, photography, wildlife, travel, camping, weather, events and people in Concord, radio programs [mostly news and hockey games], various holidays [both Canadian and American], errand trips to Calgary [mostly by car], new glasses for Peter, construction of the new Trans-Canada Highway, construction projects pertaining to Buffalo Block [including the installation of a restaurant on the second floor], the Seymour Narrows, B.C., controlled explosion (April 5, 1958), the opening of the new Morley Community Centre in April, a trip to Edmonton, mention of starting a Foundation in order to manage the block they live on [including ideas for an art gallery, library, and museum] and the proposed name Wa-Che-Yo-Cha-Pa supplied by George McLean, and travel around Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia between visits to Concord for the purpose of painting. Letters are mostly typed, some hand-written. Also includes postcards.

Notes: Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Many typed letters have hand-written notes added throughout; many post scripts are hand-written. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 142 - 21 is a Valentine's Day card missing the front cover, not addressed to anyone and signed by Mildred. 142 - 44 is a copy of a letter written to Catharine and Peter from Rusty. 142 - 60 is a letter written from Edmonton on Corona Hotel Edmonton letterhead. 142 - 74 is the beginning of letters written on the road between Banff and Yarmouth, N.S., on the way to and after leaving Concord.

Name Access: Whyte, Catharine; Whyte, Peter; Robb, Edith Morse; Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.; Simpson, Billie; Morant, Nicholas (Nick); Morant, Willie; Vallance, Sydney; Vallance, Doris; Kaquitts, Frank; Moore, Pearl; Beil, Charlie; Phillips, Gladys; Francis, Paul; Luxton, Norman; Harvie, Eric; Cathcart, John George (Red); McLean, George

Subject Access: Activities; Animals; Art; Artists; Banff; Banff Centre; Banff Elementary School; Banff Indian Days; Banff School of Fine Arts; Banff Winter Carnival; Bird watching; Birds; Birthday; Businesses; Calgary Stampede; Camping; Children; Christmas; Community events; Community life; Correspondence; Deer; Family; Family and personal life; First Nations; Flowers; Glenbow Foundation; Home; Indigenous Peoples; Lake Louise; Leisure; Luxton Museum; Moose; Mountain; Mountains; Painting; Personal and Family Life; Post Office; Scenery; Skating; Ski areas; Ski jumping; Skiing; Stoney Nakoda; Travel; Weather

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Morley; Calgary; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Maine; Concord; Massachusetts; Canada; United States of America

Language: English

Creator: Robb Whyte, Catharine

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Personal Daytimers

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Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1896 & 1897 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 3 : Includes travel from Ottawa to Calgary. On most entries he overwrites himself vertically. Lists of washing in back, weather records and financial notes. Entries involve travel, leisure, day to day activities, w…

Date Range: 1896-1897

Reference Code: M546 / 3 to 4

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

2 images 2 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M546 / V771

Sous-Fonds: M546

Accession Number: 2014.8312

Reference Code: M546 / 3 to 4

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1896-1897

Physical Description: 2.2 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 8 x 14.6 cm or smaller)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the 1896 & 1897 personal diaries/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 3 : Includes travel from Ottawa to Calgary. On most entries he overwrites himself vertically. Lists of washing in back, weather records and financial notes. Entries involve travel, leisure, day to day activities, weather, office work. Diary blank up to June 16. M546 / 4 : Includes general day to day activities, notations of weather and temperature, leisure, correspondence, notations regarding sent and cashed cheques. Throughout July working on report. Cash account for April-December. Diary blank up to May 7. On most entries he overwrites himself vertically. Also includes two cards in back pocket, one with his name in calligraphy and another introducing him as a “Member American Society Irrigation Engineers.”

Notes: M546 / 1 : blank pages not scanned - exception is first day of months prior to June. M546 / 2 : blank pages not scanned - exception is first day of months prior to May.

Name Access: Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver); Wheeler, Arthur Oliver

Subject Access: Climbing; Family and personal life; Finances; Leisure; Mountains; Professional and Personal Life; Sports and recreation; Record keeping; Travel and Exploration; Weather; Work

Geographic Access: Ottawa; Toronto; Ontario; Winnipeg; Manitoba; Calgary; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Creator: Wheeler, Arthur O.

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed